Five months after baby Imani Jennings' death, the community is still struggling with the tragedy. Imani was found beaten to death in her Fage Avenue Apartment. Cherron's boyfriend, Anthony Weakfall Jr., then 15, is facing a charge of second-degree murder in connection with the child's death.

Family court papers identified Weakfall as the father of Myriame Israel. Cherron named the baby after she gave birth at St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center.

Cherron, 18, is charged with second-degree assault and endangering the welfare of a child. Cherron told her lawyer that she wanted her grandmother to take Myriame, but the county objected because the grandmother has a history of child abuse dating to 1987. Charles LaDuca told the court that the family found no other relative acceptable.

In November, Cherron's mom, Amy Patterson, told me that she couldn't take the baby because she was expecting her eighth child.

There was a lot of chatter about this case on this blog. People in the community are still talking about it. The United Way of Central New York assembled a team of community leaders and child care advocates to look at ways to protect children in the community. That effort continues. And I'll continue to follow this story.